Corinthians will challenge Fortaleza in this Serie A game. All you need to know about the fixture is located here!
- Fortaleza have the most scored goals (8) in Serie A
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
The visiting Fortaleza played their last game only four days ago, a Copa Sudamericana match.
Corinthians form and stats
Corinthians have only played one Serie A game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 6 matches.
The Corinthians followers got no joy from their last fixture, a Copa Libertadores duel also played here at Neo Química Arena: A 1-2 defeat against Independiente del Valle. Midfield player Adson got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Adson served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 33 successful passes (of 41 total).
Heartbreak before that as Corinthians lost 1-2 at Palmeiras's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Corinthians perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Corinthians as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Corinthians has won 4 of these, drawn 5 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Corinthians as they are travelling to their away game against Botafogo in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Corinthians's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 1 conceded.
Fortaleza form and stats
Only one away game in the Serie A so far for Fortaleza and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 8 victories, 2 draws and 9 losses from 19 travels.
The club members enjoyed Fortaleza's previous match versus Estudiantes Merida, a Copa Sudamericana win (6-1) played at home.
Before that, Fortaleza secured a home win against Fluminense with the score 4-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Fortaleza in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Fortaleza, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Fortaleza, the Serie A home match versus Sao Paulo. Busy days.
{3 goals} so far away for Fortaleza, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Corinthians wins - draws - Fortaleza wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Vieira da Veiga 3 goals |   R. Krug Guedes 2 goals |  G. Souza Lisboa 2 goals |
Corinthians missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| Corinthians | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 6.7 |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.7 | 12 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 16 | 20 |
| 3.7 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| 36% | 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 24% |
| 15.7 | 8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 18 | 13.7 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 7 | 5.3 |
- Fortaleza have the most scored goals (8) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have the most scored goals in the second half (6) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have the the best goal difference (+3) away in Serie A
- Fortaleza have the the best goal difference (+5) in Serie A
| Corinthians | Last season | Fortaleza | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 7 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 20 | 16 | Scored | S | 22 | 46 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 26 | 39 | ||
| 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | ||
| 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 61% | ||
| 54% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 39% | ||
| 23% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 21% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 46% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 47% | ||
| 38% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 39% | ||
| 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 24% | ||
| 4.9 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11.1 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 13.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 36% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 28% | ||
| 13.1 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Internacional | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Cruzeiro | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Gremio | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Sao Paulo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Vasco da Gama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Santos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Atlético Mineiro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Flamengo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Goiás | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Bahia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Athletico PR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 17 | Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 1 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Corinthians | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Ituano | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 3 | Sao Bento | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 10 |
| 4 | Ferroviaria | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 9 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 38 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 66 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 39 | 81 |
| 2 | Internacional | 38 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 58 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 27 | 73 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 63 | 41 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 70 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 44 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 65 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 60 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 62 |
| 6 | Atlético Mineiro | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 45 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 58 |
| 7 | Athletico PR | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 48 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 0 | 58 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 39 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 55 |
| 9 | Sao Paulo | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 55 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 54 |
| 10 | America Mineiro | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 40 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 53 |
| 11 | Botafogo | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 41 | 43 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | -2 | 53 |
| 12 | Santos | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 47 |
| 13 | Goiás | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 40 | 53 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 31 | -13 | 46 |
| 14 | Bragantino | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 59 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 36 | -10 | 44 |
| 15 | Coritiba | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 39 | 60 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 44 | -21 | 42 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 42 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 27 | -11 | 41 |
| 17 | Ceara | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 34 | 41 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 19 | -7 | 37 |
| 18 | Atletico GO | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 39 | 57 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 34 | -18 | 36 |
| 19 | Avai | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 34 | 60 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 34 | -26 | 35 |
| 20 | Juventude | 38 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 29 | 69 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 42 | -40 | 22 |
